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Join Us at our Chapter Meetings!
EISENHART AUDITORIUM
ROCHESTER MUSEUM and SCIENCE CENTER
657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY
Click here for a map and directions
Updated July 1, 2009 6:07 PM ET
Our monthly meetings are open to the public. Non-members are cordially
invited to attend.
Our meetings are educational and entertaining. You will
hear about future activities and have the opportunity to talk to active members
(they are friendly) and ask questions about the club. The meetings are free to
all. Come check us out.
Meeting cancellations due to inclement weather will be announced here on our
website (www.gvc-adk.org), on our information line
(585-987-1717), on www.13wham.com, and on WHAM 1180 AM radio.
Next Meeting – September 9, 2009
Looking back to recent chapter meetings
June 13 | ADK Outdoor Expo
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From chapter chair Dave Harrison:
I am pleased to report that Donna Dinse and Sherry
Bennett have agreed to take over as co-leaders of next year's ADK-GVC
Outdoor Expo. I'm sure you already know Donna, who was actively involved in
this year's Expo and is a new Chapter Director. Many of you may not know
Sherry, however, so I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce her to
you.
Sherry has been a member of the Chapter for many years. As a matter of
fact, for several years she was editor of the Geneseean. Although she
has not been active in the Chapter in recent years, she wants to become active
once again. Sherry contacted Barb to express her interest in taking a
leadership role in Expo next year. I want to thank her for stepping up to help
with this important program. I know that she and Donna will make an excellent
team, and that with the help of a dedicated crew of volunteers, Expo will
continue to be the successful event that it has become.
Barb, we will miss you! You have raised Expo to a level that few could
have foreseen when the event was introduced several years ago. It has become
our biggest annual event, and our most successful vehicle for introducing the
community to GVC-ADK's programs and its values. I know I speak for the entire
EC when I say that we will always be grateful for your outstanding service to
the Chapter.
| June 10 | Looking back to the June 2009 Chapter Meeting
The following slate of candidates
was approved at the June 10, 2009 meeting:
- Chair - Dave Harrison
- Vice Chair - Deni Charpentier
- Secretary - Bruce Tehan
- Treasurer - Bob Krenzer
- Director - Judy Immesoete
- Director - Tom Wallenhorst
Continuing in office are:
- Alternate Director - Shirley Thomas
- Alternate Director - Gail Soucy
- Alternate Director - Steve Tryon
- Alternate Director - Jackson Thomas
| May 13 | Looking back to the May 2009 Chapter Meeting By Joanne Mitchell
For our May program Ken and Margaret Reek showed still photos and videos of
their trip to Africa last year, when they visited Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and
Victoria Falls. They had amazing close-ups of lions, rhinos, hippos, giraffes,
hyenas, antelopes, and a wide variety of birds. They had a video of a black
heron hunting by spreading its wings to make a shady spot and then snatching
the fish that came to enjoy the shade. One impressive photo showed a
slightly blurred image of their van and then the camera pulled back to show
that the van was a reflection in the eye of an antelope. They also discussed
their accommodations and the food on their trip, and the options available,
like hot air balloon rides and trip extensions. Thank you, Ken and
Margaret, for a superb program.
| April 8 | Looking back to the April 2009 Chapter Meeting By Bill Schweinfurth
Ken Atlfather gave program that was both informative and entertaining. He
started with a brief history of the origins of kayaking - first developed in
the northern hemisphere by Inuit peoples as a madder of survival and the
surfski was developed in the southern hemisphere in Australia for fitness and
fun.
Ken continued on the theme of how events like the Open Water Challenge
promote the benefits of paddling for fitness – it's challenging, physically
demanding, motivational, and most of all fun. There are only about 50 people
in the Rochester area who train for racing – a very small number compared to
other countries who would love to have similar water resources at their back
door. Ken reviewed highlights of last year's race as well as a preview into
this year's June 27th race that will have both a 10 mile and 3 mile course. Ken
invited people to come out to Baycreek on Wednesday nights where they set up a
2 mile course and run individual time trials with the goal to have fun and
introduce people to the sport. This is for paddlers of all abilities - boats
(both canoes and kayaks) can be provided if you don't have one.
| March 11 | Looking back to the March 2009 Chapter Meeting
Jim and Carol May described their 2000 mile self-supported bicycle journey
tracing one of the Underground Railroad routes from Mobile, Alabama to Owens
Sound, Ontario last Spring. They talked about how their experience differed
from the slaves who took that same route to freedom and how much easier it is
for today's travelers to know the way and what is ahead for them. They also
described how, as in the past, the kindness of many strangers (their
modern-day conductors) helped them on their journey. Following an overview of
their trip, the Mays showed us a slide show of their trip
accompanied by songs that told the story of the underground railroad travelers.
Jim and Carol are writing a book about their trip which will be available at
Lulu.com this summer. Currently available through Lulu.com is a book about
their cross-country bicycle trip titled "Bicycle Odyssey: A Pilgrimage to
Discover the Real America". They can also be contacted directly at c4js17@yahoo.com as they have some copies
on hand.
At the beginning of the meeting, Chapter Chair Gary DeWitt thanked Joanne
Mitchell for her many years of service as Geneseean editor. Joanne is stepping
down after the June issue.
| February 11 | Looking back to the February 2009 Chapter Meeting
Mike Allen, Senior Wildlife Technician of the NYS DEC is a man who is
passionate about his job. This was evident in his presentation on Wed
eve highlighting New York State's Bald Eagle Restoration Project. This
33+ year project has reached the incredible goal of restoring the
breeding population of eagles in NYS by importing young birds from other
states and hand rearing them to independence and release. This process
is known as hacking. Mike was joined by Paul Schnell, an educator
from the Institute for Environmental Learning, and Liberty, a rescued,
non-releasable, bald eagle. The moment Liberty was taken out of her
hood the audience was entranced by her majestic presence. This
amazing raptor was both gentle and intimidating.
| January 14 | Looking back to the January 2009 Chapter Meeting
By Shae Hanford
Most of us had some vague idea of how the more familiar physical features
arrived on the NY landscape, without any real understanding of the overall
forces or sequence of events. Tim McDonnell, (a geographer and board member of
the NY Geographic Alliance who teaches at MCC and the OSHER Lifelong Institute
for Learning at RIT), put the pieces altogether for us at the January program.
He led us on a geological journey through time, compressing millions of years
into a 1-hour program, aided with diagrams, maps, photos, and a good dose of
humor. We saw the dynamic interplay of plate tectonics, the Ice Ages, and
erosion over the ages producing the present day Adirondacks, Catskills, Finger
Lakes, Lake Ontario, Genesee and Hudson Rivers, along with the countless
eskers, drumlins, streams, and hanging waterfalls strewn across the State. We
also learned why the Adirondacks are "new" old mountains, and they continue
to get higher.
Tim pointed out how it was its u-NY-que geography which led to the State's
economic and population boom. As the glaciers receded to the north in the
waning days of the Ice Age, the northern glacial blockage caused NY's newly
created glacial melt lakes to backup to the point where the force of their
spillover waters, having nowhere else to go, blasted a water route E and S
through the surrounding highlands, creating the Mohawk Valley and the Hudson
River - the only opening through the unbroken chain of mountains along the East
Coast; and hence, the only economically feasible route on the East Coast for a
canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the "West", (ie., the Great Lakes).
From the applause Tim received at the conclusion of his presentation, and
the questions swarming him before departing, I think it fair to say that it was
a topic of genuine interest to the audience, and delivered in a remarkably
informative, comprehensive, and fascinating way.
The proposed revision to the Articles of Association of the Genesee
Valley Chapter were accepted by the membership at the January meeting.
Read them here (400 kb pdf).
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An interpreter for the hearing impaired will be available upon request at
this month's meeting. Please contact
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deadline to request is one week before the Chapter Meeting.
For more club information please call the information line at: (585)
987-1717.
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